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package com.evernote.thrift;

import java.io.Serializable;

import com.evernote.thrift.protocol.TProtocol;

/**
 * Generic base interface for generated Thrift objects.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
public interface TBase<T extends TBase> extends Comparable<T>,  Serializable {

  /**
   * Reads an instance of the object from the given protocol.
   *
   * @param iprot Input protocol
   */
  public void read(TProtocol iprot) throws TException;

  /**
   * Writes the object to the given protocol.
   *
   * @param oprot Output protocol
   */
  public void write(TProtocol oprot) throws TException;

  /**
   * Creates a deep copy of the object.
   */
  public TBase<T> deepCopy();

  /**
   * Return to the state of having just been initialized, as though you had just
   * called the default constructor.
   */
  public void clear();
}
